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Centre & Shell Museum
The Esplanade, Inverloch Tel: (03) 5674 3738 Open 10am-4pm Thurs-Sun. Daily school & public holidays Cost: small change for collection Conservation Reserve Centres, Displays, Shell Collection Coal Creek Heritage Village TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE South Gippsland Hwy, Korumburra Tel: (03) 5655 1811 Open every day except Christmas Day 10am-4.30pm Cost: Adults $15, Conc $13, Child $7.50., Family $40 (includes all activities except wagon rides) Group bookings by appointment A large outdoor museum depicting rural life in the early 1900s, coal mining, dairy & forming Firelight Museum Leongatha North Road, Leongatha North Tel: (03) 5668 6272 Open 10am-5pm weekends, school holidays & by appointment Cost: Adult $3, Child 50c, Family $7 Antique guns, lamps, crafts & Devonshire teas Foster Museum Foster Tel: (03) 5682 1760 Open 11am-4pm Sun, school & public holidays Cost: $2.00 adult / $1.50 pensioner / 20c students. Local collection including gold mining, timber & dairy industries Koonwarra Environment & Education Centre Koala Drive, Koonwarra Tel: (03) 56 642202 (Robert Arnold) Open: For hire hourly, half days or daily Cost: Economical rates Environmental education & workshops Korumburra Historical Society King Street, Korumburra Tel: (03) 5655 1932 Open by appointment only Local area history and information Leongatha & District Historical Society Mechanics Institute, McCartin Street, Leongatha Tel: (03) 5662 3492 Open 12pm-4pm Thurs & Fri Cost Adult $2, Child FREE Pioneer records, maps, photos, form tools, homestead kitchen items etc.
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Phillip Island &
District Historical Society
Heritage Centre, Thompson Ave, Cowes Tel: (03) 5956 9214 or (03) 5956 9203 Open Dec 27-Jan 5un-Fri 2pm-4.30pm, Sat 10am-12noon. Feb-Easter Sun, Tue & Thur 2pm-4.30pm, Sat 10am-12noon. Easter Sat 10am-12noon, Sun & Mon 2pm-4.30pm. School Hols Sun, Tues Thurs 2pm-4.30pm, Sat 10am-12noon Winter Sat 10arn- 12 noon, Sun 2pm4.30prn. School/Tourist buses by appointment. Cost: Ad $1.00, Pen 50c, Child 20c, Family $2.00. Group bookings by negotiation. Geology, Maritime history, Aborigines, Phillip Island bridges & schools, natural history, early settlers, cemetery. Port Albert Maritime Museum Address: Tarraville Road, Port Albert, 3971 Tel: (03) 5183 2520 Open 10.30am-4pm Weekends, Public holidays from June-Aug. Open everyday from Sept-May. Cost: Ad $4, Pen $3, Child $1. Local history Port Albert artifacts (cannons, charts, anchors) display of fishing industry Port Welshpool & District Maritime Museum Cnr Turnbull & Townsend Streets. Features
local artifacts, fishing industry, large shell collection, local arts
& crafts. Wonthaggi Historical Society Museum Murray Street, Wonthaggi Tel: (03) 5672 3053 (John @ State Coal Mine) Open 11am-1pm Sat, other days for group bookings of 20+ by appointment. Cost: Daily tours - Adult $6, Child $4, Aged $4, Family $15 Visit the theatrette and museum and then venture down the coal mine and see how coalers mined in Wonthaggi Vietnam Veterans Museum Phillip Island Road, San Remo Tel: (03) 5678 5999 Open 10cm-5pm Fri-Mon Holidays: 7 days, 10am-7prn Cost: Donations only. This unique museum is the only museum that deals solely with all aspects of the Vietnam War.
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